CABLE BREVITIES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 11

CABLE BREVITIES

Stockbroker’s Evidence. The stockbroker Richard Whitney, giving evidence before his firm’s receiver, said that he and the Richard Whitney Company owed 5,524,000 dollars by loan when they were suspended, states a New York cablegram. He also insisted that the firm’s assets would ultimately exceed the liabilities. Queen Mary. Queen Mary will make a private visit to the neighbourhood of Cardiff earlj* in April, but, during a stay of four days, she will find time to see something of the social work in the district done by the National Council of Social Service and by the Personal Service I.j/.gue, of which Her Majesty is patron, states a British official wireless message from Rugby. The Sultan of Oman. The Sultan of Oman has left New York for England, where he will be the guest of the British Government for a fortnight, states a British official wireless message from Rugby. He will be received in audience by the King, and a programme will be arranged which will enable him to sec various aspects of the national life of Britain, including the daily work of the fighting services.

New Lord of Appeal. The King has approved the appointment of Sir Samuel Lowry Porter, a Justice of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, as a Lord of Appeal In Ordinary to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Lord v Maugham as Lord Chancellor, states a British official wireless message from Rugby.